County clerk details candidate requirements

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By Daily Telegram staff

The Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI

By Daily Telegram staff

Posted Mar. 19, 2014 at 1:00 PM

By Daily Telegram staff
Posted Mar. 19, 2014 at 1:00 PM

ADRIAN

Federal, state, county and local offices are to be filled in elections this year with a variety of deadlines and requirements for candidates to meet, said Lenawee County Clerk Roxann Holloway in a statement issued Tuesday.

A primary election is set for Aug. 5 and the general election Nov. 4.

State offices to be filled include governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state senators and representatives, supreme court justice and judges for appeals, circuit and district courts, state board of education, University of Michigan regents, Michigan State University trustees and Wayne State University governors.

Federal offices on the ballot are United States senator and 7th District U.S. representative.

At the county level, all nine county commission seats and one road commission seat are to be filled.

Also on the ballot will be any open city, township and village offices and seats on school boards, district library boards and precinct delegates to party conventions.

The filing deadline is 4 p.m. April 22 for state and county offices. Petition requirements vary for different offices and whether candidates are affiliated with a political party,

Holloway said.

Petitions for Republican and Democratic county commission candidates require 20 to 50 signatures, and candidates without party affiliation need 60 to 150 signatures. Party road commission candidates need 200 to 400 signatures and independents 600 to 1,200.

Party candidates for township office need three to 10 signatures and those without affiliation nine to 30.

Precinct delegates do not require petition signatures, said Holloway. They must file an affidavit of identity with the county clerk by 4 p.m. on May 6.

Non-partisan candidates for circuit and district judge also have a 4 p.m. April 22 filing deadline, Holloway said, and require 400 to 800 petition signatures.

Candidates for city offices are to file with city clerks by 4 p.m. April 22. The city of Adrian requires 40 to 100 signatures and the cities of Hudson, Morenci and Tecumseh six to 20 signatures.

Village candidates require six to 20 signatures and have until 4 p.m. July 22 to file with the appropriate township clerks for the Nov. 4 general election.

School board candidates in the Adrian and Tecumseh district require 40 to 100 signatures and other districts need six to 20 signatures. School board candidates have until 4 p.m. July 22 to file with the following city or township clerks:

District library board candidates in districts that include the Adrian and Tecumseh school districts need 40 to 100 petition signatures. All other library districts need six to 20 signatures and must file with the county clerk’s office by 4 p.m. on Aug. 12.

Holloway said petitions and more information on filing for office are available by contacting local or county clerk offices.